In a pure dogfight the spitfire would win, but the mustang shits all over it as an all round fighter.

10 months ago

Soft_member

I'm a bong and even I'll say Mustang for all three. Was designed later in the war.If we were judging on aesthetics though...

10 months ago

cum2soon

What was the RAF equivalent of the mustangI just assumed spitfire was their best because it is really famous

10 months ago

StrangeWizard

Not really one plane (part of why the P-51 was so great)A combination of Spitfire, Hurricane, Typhoon and Mosquito. Even dubsguy knew the scoreyoutube.com/watch?v=VNTQSbvlutg

10 months ago

whereismyname

They are good at different things. The mustang is an escort fighter with huge range for escorting bombers long distance and is an energy fighter designed for high altitude combat. The spitfire is an interceptor designed for turn fighting and a quick take off.

They didn't really make a matching plane, RAF planes were more focused on defending Britain or dog fighting on short missions, not long range bombing escorts.

This is why the RAF bombed at night, because of a lack of suitable escort fighters.

10 months ago

w8t4u

It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green and yellow with envy. The British, who can afford aluminium better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that? There is nothing the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops. After the war is over I'm going to buy a British radio set - then at least I'll own something that has always worked.

I don't know, Rommel really did have a bad logistical situation due to the enemy controlling the sea that separated the Afrika Corps from the rest of Germany. Goering though was just a colossal fuck up in every regard. See kids, this is why you don't put political appointees in charge of your air force. And if you do, make sure it's a purely ceremonial position and don't let them make actual decisions.

Honestly, some of the High School clique shit that Hitler's government got up to was one of the biggest reasons the Axis lost.

10 months ago

viagrandad

Over 90% of the supplies sent to Libya went through. Rommel's supply situation was entirely due to his idiotically overrunning his lines and had nothing to do with the control of the Mediterranean (which was contested anyway).

10 months ago

5mileys

The Mustang was absolutely more advanced, although it's no surprise, given that the Spitfire was roughly half a decade older.

The Spitfire was the best the Brits could manage with the technology of the time. However, by the time the P-51 had come around, North American was able to make use of significant technological advances in airfoil and radiator design. The P-51 made use of newly developed NACA laminar flow airfoils compared to the simpler 4-series airfoils on the Spitfire. The Mustang's radiator made use of the Meredith effect (effectively using the radiator to provide thrust to cancel out its own drag), while the Spitfire had no such features. Despite being significantly larger and heavier (50% heavier gross and 100% heavier max takeoff weights), the Mustang could fly faster, higher, and further than the Spitfire.

Granted, the Brits were able to keep the Spitfire upgraded through the end of the war with the Griffon-engined variants, but they were really pushing the limits of the design with marginal returns.

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10 months ago

ZeroReborn

As said, the variant is importantHowever looking at pure specifications, the Spitfire XIV was superior in every way to the P-51 Mustang except range, but this highlights an important difference in their roles. Spitfires were intended for short range interception whereas Mustang were for long range defense of bombers and ground attack

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